San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-15
AN ILLINOIS WEATHER PROPHET
A Sign of Wind To-morrow-Winter On
til JuIy-The Sparrows.

A Sign of Wind To-morrow-Winter I'm
til JuIy-The sparrows.
A shifting, scrawny bearded old man stood
street car late Saturday afternoon. His only
companion was the driver
"We're goin' ter have wind tomorrer,"
said the old man, with a sniffle. "See how
red the sky is in the west. That's sure sign
Of wind, and plenty on it, too. 1t may come
afore midnight"
The driver leaned one arm on the brake
and turned round with a serious face.
"Its coming from the nor'west, too" he
said with much gravity, as he squinted his
owlish eyes at the blazing horizon. 1--WE seen
those things afore now, and the wind allus
comes from that pint when the sky Is red.
Dye see that dust go up spiral fashion over
there by the curb, Well, that's a nuther
sign. That's a sign that the wind Is goin' ter
blow cold, an gOin' ter blow fur two days or
more.
ave seen a nuther sign, toe" SMILED the
old man, taking a fresh chew Of tobacco
"Have you noticed the amount Of waddin'
the sparTers are putin inter their nests this
yearl That's a sure indication that it's goin'
to be a cold spring. The last time seen
sparrers luggin' bed quilts and old mufilers TO
their nests there were only three seasons in
the year. 1t was winter until July, then
there were three months of spring, and then
it was winter again. All the garden truck
that was planted didn't come up until the fol-
lerin' year, when the fruit trees bore two
crops"
THAT was some time ago, wasn't itF" asked
the driver, with a wise look.
"Yes, several years ago-nigh onto forty, l
reckon" replied the old man.
"Then there's been more winters than sum-
meTs in this country, ehi"
"No'p; bout fourteen years arter that l
noticed that the sparrers built two nests in
stead of one These nests were jined together
by little avenoos of dried grass. The she
sparrer would hatch brood in one nest, and
then walk the avenoo TO the other nest and 60
ter hatchin' again, while the he bird would
tend ter the youngsters in the first nest. The
season was so long that the sparrers Matched
from May to May, and that's the reason why
we've got so many Sparrers ter-day."
"Then there was no winter that year7'
whispered the driver.
"Not flake" replied the old man HPeople
died Of summer complaint all that year."
When the driver reached the barn he told
the starter that he guessed he had better lay
off the rest Of the day. There had been two
remarkable changes in the weather on his last
trip, he said, and he was afraid that unless he
vent right home he would come down with
something worse than the smallpox.-Chicago
Herald
Republished by "our" Request.
An editor of a country paper having been
invited to picnic on day when his paper
had TO go to press, called the boy who set tho
type and said: "Tom, I'm going away today
and haven't time TO get out any moro copy.
Take my article headed Party Organization
and run it in again, putting over it 'Repub-
Hshed by request That will save considera-
BILE time and you can go to press at once. "
When the Editor returned from the picnic
and took up a copy Of his paper be became
Justly indignant upon reading the followingi
"Party Organization. Republished by TO
quest Of the editor. "-Arkansaw Traveller